In 1922, St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, which in 1892 had relocated
to 435 West 141st Street from its Hudson Street location in Greenwich Village,
established the St. Luke's Episcopal Mission for Negroes. A chapel seating 300
was created in an old row house at 28 Edgecombe Avenue, near 136th Street. By
the 1920s, African-Americans were moving into Harlem, and the mission was probably
an effort to keep African-Americans segregated from the regular parish. The church
is now home to New Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Factory Specification (Aug. 18, 1930) shows that Hillgreen, Lane & Company, of Alliance, Ohio, would build a two-manual organ for St. Luke's Mission for a consideration of $4,000. All of the pipes were enclosed in one expression box, and the console was detached.

The 2009 status of this organ is unknown.

Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed

16

Sub Flute [unit]

97

4

Flute

—

8

Diapason

73

2 2/3

Dolce Quint

SW

8

Melodia

—

2

Flautino

—

8

Dulciana

SW

Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed

16

Contra Dolce [unit]

97

2 2/3

Quint Flute

—

8

Salicional

73

2

Super Dolce

—

8

Vox Celeste [TC]

61

Dolce Mixture III

derived

8

Dolce

—

8

Schalmei [Synth.]

—

8

Flute

GT

8

Cornopean

73

4

Octave Flute

GT

* 8' Salicional + 2-2/3' Quint Flute

4

Dolcette

—

Pedal Organ – 32 notes

16

Bourdon

—

8

Octave Dolce

—

16

Dolce Bass

—

4

Octave Flute

—

8

Flute

—

Couplers

Great to Pedal 8'

Great 16', 4', Unison Cancel

Swell to Pedal 8', 4'

Swell 16', 4', Unison Cancel

Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'

Coupler Cancel

Great to Swell 8'

Combinations (adjustable at console, visibly operating registers)

Swell Organ

Pistons 1-2-3-4-5

Great Organ

Pistons 1-2-3-4

Pedal Organ

Pistons 1-2-3

Entire Organ

Pistons 1-2-3-4-5

Accessories

Tremolo

Wind Indicator by light

Crescendo Indicator by light

Pedal Movements

Great to Pedal Reversible

Swell expression

Crescendo and Full Organ

Sources:The American Organist (1922). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes/141st Street and Convent Avenue; 1892 Church for a Congregation That Moved Uptown," The New York Times (Oct. 20, 2002).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of Hillgreen, Lane & Company Organ (1930).